For this week’s SB Nation Reacts survey, I asked Denver Broncos fans if they thought that head coach Sean Payton was already the NFL’s Coach of the Year. 79% of you think there is no other example of a better coaching job than what Sean Payton has achieved this season.
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I wholeheartedly agree and this is why: Russell Wilson.
To take the risk of cutting Wilson knowing you’d have to eat $80 million in cap hits over the next two years without knowing whether or not you’d land a quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft who could start as a rookie took a lot of courage.